4-Disc Platinum Series™ Special Extended DVD Edition Content Overview
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DISCS 1-2: The Feature
Feature (approx. 223 minutes)- Over 40 minutes of new and extended scenes
were added by Peter Jackson, including 200 new digital effects and new score by
Howard Shore:
Anamorphic widescreen 16x9 (2.35:1) version of the film
Dolby Digital EX Surround Sound
DTS ES 6.1
Stereo Surround
Four audio commentaries:
Audio Commentary 1: The Director and Writers |
 | | Peter Jackson (Director/Co-Writer/Producer) |
| | Fran Walsh (Writer/Co-Producer) |
| | Philippa Boyens (Co-Write) |
Audio Commentary 2: The Design Team |
| | Richard Taylor (WETA Workshop Creative Supervisor) |
| | Tania Rodger (WETA Workshop Manager) |
| | Grant Major (Production Designer) |
| | Ngila Dickson (Costume Designer) |
| | Alan Lee (Conceptual Designer) |
| | John Howe (Conceptual Designer) |
| | Dan Hennah (Supervising Art Director/Set Decorator) |
| | Chris Hennah (Art Department Manager) |
Audio Commentary 3: The Production/Post-Production Team |
| | Barrie Osborne (Producer) |
| | Mark Ordesky (Executive Producer) |
| | Andrew Lesnie (Director of Photography) |
| | Mike Horton and Jabez Olssen (Editors) |
| | Rick Porras (Co-Producer) |
| | Howard Shore (Composer) |
| | Jim Rygiel (Visual Effects Supervisor) |
| | Joe Letteri (WETA Digital Effects Supervisor) |
| | Ethan Van der Ryn (Supervising Sound Editor/Co-Designer) |
| | Mike Hopkins (Supervising Sound Editor) |
| | Randy Cook (WETA Animation Designer & Supervisor) |
| | Christian Rivers (WETA VFX Art Director) |
| | Brian Van't Hull (WETA VFX Cinematographer) |
| | Alex Funke (Miniatures Director of Photography) |
Audio Commentary 4: The Cast |
| | Elijah Wood (Frodo) |
| | Liv Tyler (Arwen) |
| | Sean Astin (Sam) |
| | John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) |
| | Billy Boyd (Pippin) |
| | Dominic Monaghan (Merry) |
| | Orlando Bloom (Legolas) |
| | Christopher Lee (Saruman) |
| | Sean Bean (Boromir) |
| | Bernard Hill (Théoden) |
| | Miranda Otto (Éowyn) |
| | David Wenham (Faramir) |
| | Brad Dourif (Grima) |
| | Karl Urban (Éomer) |
| | John Noble (Denethor) |
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DISCS 3-4 : The Appendices
Two discs of all-new bonus content, including multiple documentaries, galleries
and interactive maps. Documentaries that were started with The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring Special Extended DVD Edition are continued here,
delving deep into the stories and experiences unique to The Two Towers.
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| DISCS 3 - The Appendices Part III: "The Journey Continues..." |
| | J.R.R. Tolkien - Origins of Middle-earth (Video Documentary) |
| | From Book to Script - Finding the Story (Video Documentary) |
| | Designing and Building Middle-earth |
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| |  Designing Middle-earth (Viedo Documentary) |
| | Weta Workshop (Video Documentary) |
| | Design Galleries |
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| | The Peoples of Middle-earth |
| | The Realms of Middle-earth |
| | Gollum |
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| | The Taming of Smeagol (Video Documentary) |
| | Andy Serkis Animation Reference (Video Documentary) |
| | Gollum "Stand-in" (Video Documentary) |
| | Design Gallery |
| | Middle-earth Atlas (Tracing the journeys of the Fellowship) (Interactive map) |
| | New Zealand as Middle-earth (Interactive map) |
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| DISC 4 - The Appendices Part IV: "The battle for Middle-earth begin..." |
| | Filming "The Two Towers" |
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| | Warriors of Middle-earth (Video Documentary) |
| | Cameras in Middle-earth (Video Documentary) |
| | Production Photos |
| | Visual Effects |
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| | Miniatures |
| | "Big-atures" (Video Documentary) |
| | Galleries |
| | The Flooding of Isengard Animatic |
| | Weta Digital (Video Documentary) |
| | Abandoned Concepts |
| | Editorial: Refining the Story (Video Documentary) |
| | Music and Sound |
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| | Music for Middle-earth (Video Documentary) |
| | The Soundscapes of Middle-earth (Video Documentary) |
| | Sound Demonstration: "Helm's Deep" |
| | "The Battle for Helm's Deep is over ..." (Video Documentary) |
